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WATER + WASTEWATER TREATMENT
92 >> Future Water >> Australian Water Management Yearbook
WATER + WASTEWATER TREATMENT
>> Future Water >> Australian Water Management Yearbook
The possibilities are Infinite
It’s not often that a new technology
raises significant interest in the water
treatment industry. Infinite Water’s
proprietary HydroxonTM technology is
certainly raising some eyebrows. The
Australian company has created a
technological breakthrough in drinking
water and wastewater treatment through
the refinement of its core processes –
Catalytic Oxidation (CO) and Catalytic
Advanced Oxidation (CAO).
Advanced Oxidation Processes earned
the title of ‘Water Treatment Process of
the 20th Century ’ – when first applied
to water purification in 1987 – due to its
powerful capability to degrade refractory,
toxic or non-biodegradable compounds.
Traditionally, CO and CAO processes
have been complex and energy intensive,
requiring high capital and operational costs,
which result in limited applications.
Learning from natural processes within the
human body, Infinite Water has overcome
these drawbacks and refined the processes
to improve its capabilities, making them low
cost and extraordinarily effective.
The proprietary HydroxonTM technology
delivers an integrated water treatment
solution, with a comparatively small
footprint that does not rely on a sequential
treatment train to degrade and remove
specific contaminants. The highly oxidative
environment created inside the CAO
reactors simultaneously oxidises a variety
of contaminants, removing them from the
water matrix. This includes:
•
removing heavy metals and metalloids
•
degrading pathogens (bacteria, viruses,
protozoa) without using UV, chlorine
or ozone
•
degrading toxic chemicals (such as
glyphosate), removing them from the
environmental cycle
•
degrading chemicals of emerging
concern (such as endocrine disruptors)
•
degrading organic matter.
The low energy consumption is also
generating interest and excitement (less
than 0.1 kilowatt per hour). Plants up to 200
kilolitres per day can be run off a single-
phase power point – this is comparable to
direct filtration.
Key areas of application include:
•
treating industrial effluent for discharge
•
producing process water from ground
or surface water reser ves
•
decentralised systems for drinking
water production (including
remote communities)
•
disinfection (pathogen removal) to
Australian Drinking Water Standards
•
reduction of disinfection
by-products (DBPs)
•
removal of blue-green algae and toxins
from water bodies
•
removal of PFAS from contaminated water
•
polishing of treated effluent for
discharge or re-use
•
pre-treatment to membranes –
reducing fouling and scaling of
membrane systems.
Infinite Water is Sydney based, and it
is here in its HQ that their dedicated
and passionate team of engineering
and research and development experts
(working in a custom-built R&D lab) are
developing world-class solutions to help
solve global water challenges.